University of Miami - Miller School of Medicine

Interdisciplinary collaboration, harnessing big data science, the promise of nanotechnology, and community outreach offer new opportunities to advance the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine’s research programs, according to the school’s leaders.

For nearly 10 years, Cherise Irons suffered migraines so intense she sometimes blacked out while driving her car. Ultimately, it affected her ability to continue in her role as assistant principal at a Maryland high school. “It’s affecting my sleep. My appetite is gone, I’m starting to feel tingling in my fingers and toes,” she said, recalling a low point in her battle against migraines.

A new imaging tool has the potential to transform microsurgical procedures for many specialties, including male fertility surgery. Ranjith Ramasamy, M.D., director of male reproductive medicine and surgery and assistant professor of urology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, and his team performed the first-ever male infertility microsurgery in Florida using the ORBEYE, a 4K-3D video microscope.